Helen Vlachos

Eleni Vlachos also Elena Vlachos or Vlachos (Greek Ελένη Βλάχου, Έλενα Βλάχου, English transcription Helen Vlachos or Vlakhou, born December 18, 1911 † 14 October 1995) Greek journalist and editor.

Life

Vlachos grew up in Athens and Geneva. She wrote as a reporter, film critic and columnist for the newspaper Kathimerini, which was owned by her father and went into their possession after his death in 1951. Founded in 1955 with her husband, Konstantinos Vlachos Loundras the weekly Ikones and 1961, the newspaper Mesimvrini.

Under the Greek military dictatorship established Vlachos and a Loundras any publication activities, as the censorship, which was introduced after the military coup, any free journalism impossible. On October 4, 1967, both were placed under house arrest. End of December 1967 Vlachos fled to England. Loundras remained in Greece. He was arrested in August 1968 for one year and subject to a travel ban. Vlachos earned a reputation as a publicist in exile dedicated to fighting against the military junta. Your accusations against the regime were internationally respected.

In the first election after the end of the dictatorship in 1974 Vlachos was elected as a Member of the New Democracy party in the Greek Parliament.

Every two years, named after their German - Greek Eleni Vlachos Journalist Award is awarded for outstanding achievements in the field of European and international reporting.